Mike Farris is the former vocalist of the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, who achieved some acclaim in the late 90s. Now, Farris has recently released a new solo album titled Salvation in Lights. As his Web site states: "...these are the songs that have come out of being saved by grace." Mike's story is as powerful as his voice. Farris is recovering from alcohol and chemical … [Read more...]
Inside Musicast
JP, otherwise known as the Strat-O-Blogster, recently posted about a podcast called Inside Musicast. The podcast covers many different styles of music, not just guitarists, and it seems to be fairly interesting. Recently, they did feature an interview with guitarist Steve Lukather. They also recently interviewed Jason Scheff, bass player and vocalist for the band Chicago. … [Read more...]
Shred School
On August 4, 2007, you can join the shred elite, or at least you can be in the same room with some of the shred elite at Shred School. The Shred School Web site says that Shred School is "the guitar players ultimate treasure trove of advice, secrets and insider information given directly by the experts." The special guests will be Adam Jones of Tool, Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple … [Read more...]
Les Paul Documentary on 7/11/07
Boing Boing is reporting that PBS will be airing a documentary about Les Paul on July 11, 2007 at 9:00 P.M. EST. From the PBS page: Among inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, his name comes alphabetically after Louis Pasteur. In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it follows Parliament-Funkadelic. This singular distinction belongs to Les Paul, whose insatiable … [Read more...]
Babicz Guitars
My friend David was recently in the market for a new acoustic guitar, and Babicz guitars ended up on his radar. I'd never heard of Babicz guitars before hearing about them from David, but they have received quite a few good reviews, such as the Guitar One Mark of Excellence and the Guitar World Gold Award. Upon further looking into the history the guitars, I found out that Jeff … [Read more...]